Mt. Davis ruined the view and the stadium for baseball. Unfortunately, since the Haas family, ownership has generally sucked.
Later, Ranger [email protected] On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 5:51 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > The argument for a new stadium for the A’s in Oakland is strengthened by > how grossly they allowed Al Davis to mangle that place for baseball. My son > went to the day game there today, and we have been there often, though we > are mostly Giants fans. > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 at 10:17 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 12:43 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> One of the local Sacramento stations last night ran a piece on a group >>> of local business leaders looking to have MLB consider the city. I suspect >>> MLB will ignore this just like they did an effort in the 80s to attract a >>> team. >>> >> >> There's a ton of bad faith and misdirection when teams want new >> facilities or talk about moving. Kansas City built the Sprint Center in the >> '90s in order to attract an NBA team and NHL team and residents got their >> hopes up repeatedly as teams talked about ditching their obsolete arenas >> for the new building. Not only did the threats get cities and states to >> pony up the money for new arenas, now the Spring Center has aged out of the >> new arena category. >> >> I can believe Oakland isn't going to put up the money for a new stadium >> and the A's won't hesitate to leave. And as the process moves forward the >> local media in Sacramento, Vancouver, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Jacksonville, >> and any other city that has been pushing for an MLB franchise will tell >> local residents that this might be the time and it will get everybody's >> hopes up. If the team moves the final decision will come down to who can >> put the most money into the owner's pockets and not which city has the best >> fans or keeps the AL West together. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHgGrOuuXTDCsui66A2XhnuP%3D-v4MOLfP%2BRe6jRhgjOJQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHgGrOuuXTDCsui66A2XhnuP%3D-v4MOLfP%2BRe6jRhgjOJQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B3HD-0n4Fg-J_H19V%2BQegV14dEP9UBOZY8Bcci%2BVGNnw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B3HD-0n4Fg-J_H19V%2BQegV14dEP9UBOZY8Bcci%2BVGNnw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABQp-5Kz3Pp1SdM8mKpgeiHPeeTxw70DGJwseT5eXHekjgWBWw%40mail.gmail.com.
